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Irina Marchenko

G20's Young Entrepreneurs are Increasingly Interested in Digital Technologies but not H... - 0 views

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Entrepreneur Summit Young

shared by Irina Marchenko on 05 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Irina Marchenko on 05 Aug 13
     
    The recommendations summarized in a final Summit communique primarily focus on the following: *Need to develop digital infrastructure. Young entrepreneurs are the most active group in terms of both starting up businesses and using the latest digital technology to help run the business and optimize business processes; *Importance of developing educational programs for entrepreneurs, advancing the entrepreneurial culture, and streamlining government funding for "green" technology studies; *Need to ease the tax burden in the fields of scientific-technical programs and social entrepreneurship, namely the taxes imposed on employers and employee income tax; *Access to funding for startups and emerging companies. Ensuring funding on easy terms, changing banking requirements, developing rules for new forms of funding, including cross border online platforms, investors' and entrepreneurs' networks.
Maria Gurova

Wearables in the workplace: Employers buy fitness trackers to boost employee health - 1 views

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Technology entertainment kids hologram interface interaction AR virtual reality

shared by Maria Gurova on 24 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • The technology, known as UltraHaptics, is a haptic feedback system using ultrasound that provides users with a buzz-like feeling of pressure on their hand.
  • The technology does not just provide the sensation of flat surfaces, but can also be used to create the feel of 3D objects.
  • Sculptors could also use the technology to shape virtual objects using just their hands
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  • Hologram projections could be given a texture, with museum visitors
  • it could be used to indicate to drivers when a car is in their blind spot by providing a buzzing sensation on their neck, or developed as a wearable for blind people to indicate the presence of a road or obstacle
  • consumer fields are likely to be most interested due to the technology’s ability to augment existing entertainment systems.
Anna Dubinina

How robots will reshape the economy (based on U.S. example) - 0 views

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CIS science technology Social economy robots

shared by Anna Dubinina on 21 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Few doubt that our future — both immediate and long term — will be heavily impacted by robots
  • A pair of Oxford researchers recently estimated that 47 percent of the total U.S. employment is at risk of being eliminated.
  • On the other end of the spectrum, Mercedes announced it is trading out some of its production robots for human labor — the machines could not keep up with the increasing options for customization
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  • robots in the workplace will likely help reverse this trend.
  • As the global supply chain matured, market pressures drove American companies to offshore their work to other countries that offered inexpensive labor
  • The vast majority of automation technology will not outright replace humans; instead, it will simply make their work more efficient.
  • This is not to say that all white-collar workers should enroll in engineering night classes, but knowing how technology works at a base level will make you better at your job 
  • Employers need to actively promote training programs that empower employees to work more effectively with new tech.
Oleg Batluk

Алена Владимирская, О мотивации людей к работе - Новости Украины - Новини Укр... - 0 views

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HR millenials x-gen working for free CIS

shared by Oleg Batluk on 04 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • Для поколения 22-26 лет деньги в работе ценностью не являются
  • Для них главной ценностью в работе является реализация
  • пойми меня кто я и выведи меня туда, где я буду реализован
  • Oleg Batluk on 04 Apr 16
     
    Money is no longer an ultimate job reward for Millennials and X-gen. They consider employer as X-factor talent show to perform and express themselves.
Oleg Batluk

A Russian video interview service hopes to shake up the HR market | Russia Beyond The H... - 0 views

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HR uberization of employment CIS skillaz HR Instagram

shared by Oleg Batluk on 04 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • Skillaz
  • HR departments post a vacancy on the platform with questions, and job seekers respond in video format. The service creates a video interview, which the employee can watch at any time and either refuse the candidate or mark the interview as "liked."
  • it provides services not only for employers but also for job seekers
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  • ineffectiveness of traditional hiring methods
  • the job seekers' Instagram
  • service is currently being tested by potential clients
Maria Gurova

Driverless cars, pilotless planes … will there be jobs left for a human being... - 3 views

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robotics Technology Social KE CIS employment expertise jobs big data wicked issues wellbeing

shared by Maria Gurova on 13 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • From staff-free ticket offices to students who can learn online, it seems there is no corner of economic life in which people are not being replaced by machines.
  • One of the reasons Google is investing so much is that whoever owns the communications system for driverless cars will own the 21st century's equivalent of the telephone network or money clearing system: this will be a licence to print money.
  • The only new jobs will be in the design and marketing of the cars, and in writing the computer software that will allow them to navigate their journeys, along with the apps for our mobile phones that will help us to use them better
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  • The invention of 3D printing, in which every home or office will be equipped with an in-house printer that can spew out the goods we want – from shoes to pills – anticipates a world of what Summers calls automated "doers". They will do everything for us, eliminating the need for much work.
  • we have come to the end of the great "general purpose technologies" (technologies that transform an entire economy, such as the steam engine, electricity, the car and so on) that changed the world. There are no new transformative technologies to carry us forward, while the old activities are being robotised and automated.
  • The second is in human wellbeing. There will be vast growth in advising, coaching, caring, mentoring, doctoring, nursing, teaching and generally enhancing capabilities.
  • Notwithstanding robotisation and automation, I identify four broad areas in which there will be vast job opportunities.The first is in micro-production
  • The third is in addressing the globe's "wicked issues" . There will be new forms of nutrition and carbon-efficient energy, along with economising with water, to meet the demands of a world population of 9 billion in 2050.
  • And fourthly, digital and big data management will foster whole new industries
  • the truth is, nobody knows. What we do know is that two-thirds of what we consume today was not invented 25 years ago. It will be the same again in a generation's time
  • Maria Gurova on 13 Jun 13
     
    demand for the new expertise may impact not only the school and academic education, but earlier development stages
Maria Gurova

How Flexible Hours Can Harm Employees As Much As It Helps Them | Fast Company | Busines... - 0 views

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HR trends talent management Workforce workplace flexible hours flexibility morning bias productivity weisure talent

shared by Maria Gurova on 03 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • Employees love workplace flexibility, and employers should, too, since it's linked with increased productivity and higher job satisfaction.
  • Some new behavioral evidence suggests that some bosses will harbor biases against employees with flexible work schedules without even realizing it.
  • So in the eyes of a boss, a late-arriving worker may be no different from a bad worker
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  • All else being equal, supervisors gave employees with late start times lower performance ratings, as well as lower "conscientiousness" ratings, than workers who arrived early
Maria Gurova

Analytics in Action - 0 views

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analytics big data employment expertise

shared by Maria Gurova on 18 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Maria Gurova on 18 Nov 13
     
    A constant need to analyze ever increasing amount of data coming from new sources requires new type of analytics and expertise, the tendency that will make corporations invest in the new analytical tools and employees with a new set of skills
Maria Gurova

Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA? | Popular Science - 0 views

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Technology big data DNA Health customisation personalisation personal data Political legal Medicine security identity theft

shared by Maria Gurova on 07 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • In January, the biotech company Genentech reportedly committed $10 million for access to the DNA of 3,000 Parkinson’s patients and their families. A week later, Pfizer made a similar deal for the genomes of 5,000 people with lupus.
  • A trove of data could give scientists the tools they need to develop gene-specific drug therapies for certain diseases. “We are hoping to ultimately develop Parkinson’s medicines, for example, that actually modify the disease as opposed to just treating symptoms,”
  • “this has the possibility of not only helping us find new cures, but it also helps us create a genuine health care system as opposed to just a disease care system.”
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  • Even a small segment of DNA (23andMe looks at 750,000 base pairs out of 3 billion) can reveal a history of illness or predict future risks and be used
  • The 2009 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act makes it illegal for employers or health insurance companies to discriminate based on genetic data. The Act doesn’t address who controls data once it’s out there
isoldatenkova

American millennials think they will be rich - Daily chart - 1 views

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millennials social Economy

shared by isoldatenkova on 24 Apr 19 - No Cached
  • It finds that millennials are less wealthy than people of a similar age were in any year from 1989 to 2007.
  • Millennials do more freelance and part-time work than other generations did, which makes it more difficult to obtain an employer-provided pension.
  • Only 55% of this generation have access to retirement plans, compared with 77% of Generation X and 80% of baby-boomers.
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  • Millennials are living longer and are the best-educated generation in history.
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